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The farewell episode

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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The power of sharing personal stories

Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 5:52 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 36 seconds

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Why emotional design is so important

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 11:25 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

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How do we measure success in our careers?

Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 25 seconds

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The Anti-Productivity Mindset: How Doing Less is Doing More

Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 2:38 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds

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How to Take Client Feedback Like a Pro

Published: Nov. 27, 2019, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 21 seconds

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Why We Should Play at Work

Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 18 seconds

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To Become More Efficient, Ask Better Questions

Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 2:23 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 45 seconds

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The Biggest Misconception of Client/Agency Relationships

Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 11:25 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 50 seconds

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Are Designers Ruining the World?

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 9:48 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 8 seconds

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How To Really Win The Afternoon… or Not.

Published: Sept. 5, 2019, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 16 seconds

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The Biggest Mistakes You’re Still Making on Your Website

Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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Are Voice Assistants the Next Frontier or the Start of Armageddon?

Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 3:52 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 56 seconds

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10 Bad Habits of Unsuccessful People

Published: July 22, 2019, 9:52 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 5 seconds

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How to Survive a Company Restructure at Your Agency

Published: July 9, 2019, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 27 seconds

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How Minimalism Fosters Productivity

Published: June 11, 2019, 1:46 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds

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Avoiding Empty Promise Purgatory - When Good Intentions are Not Enough

Published: May 24, 2019, 10:45 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 1 second

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Progress Over Perfection, How Striving For Perfection Hurts the Creative Process

Published: May 14, 2019, 1:29 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 37 seconds

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Agency Tough Love: When It's Time to Break Up with a Client

Published: April 16, 2019, 5:44 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 38 seconds

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The Life Changing Magic of Brain Dumping

Published: March 18, 2019, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds

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What is “Hustle Culture” and How Do We Break It?

Published: March 5, 2019, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Exploring the Toxic Myth of Fearless… Anything

Published: Feb. 19, 2019, 7:46 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds

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What Makes You an Invaluable Teammate

Published: Feb. 5, 2019, 7:34 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 52 seconds

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Receiving Feedback: How to Separate Appreciation, Coaching and Evaluation

Published: Jan. 21, 2019, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 46 seconds

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New Year, New Resolutions

Published: Jan. 7, 2019, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 21 seconds

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18 Lessons We Learned in 2018

Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 1:44 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 35 seconds

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How and When to Say No

Published: Dec. 11, 2018, 12:13 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 35 seconds

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Blurred Lines: Art vs. Design

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 10:17 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds

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Do You Really Want That Promotion?

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds

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How to Have Tough but Effective Conversations with Clients

Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 18 seconds

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The Paradox of Originality

Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 3:28 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 56 seconds

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Creator’s Block Book Club: You Are a Badass

Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 24 seconds

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Working with Introverts, Extroverts, and Ambiverts

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 10:02 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 21 seconds

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What is a work family? And should I have one?

Published: Oct. 4, 2018, 1:44 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 28 seconds

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Time Management and Holding Yourself Accountable

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes

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How to Keep Your Creative Spark When You Work Remotely

Published: Sept. 18, 2018, 1:27 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 28 seconds

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Owning and Sharing Your Failures

Published: Sept. 11, 2018, 3:54 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 44 seconds

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The Best and Worst Productivity Hacks

Published: Sept. 4, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds

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The Curse of Comparison

Published: Aug. 28, 2018, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 58 seconds

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How to Speak to Your Manager and Really Have Your Voice Be Heard

Published: Aug. 21, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 13 seconds

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Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Actually Doing Professional Development

Published: Aug. 14, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds

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Pros & Cons of Templated Work

Published: Aug. 7, 2018, 1:58 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 35 seconds

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"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson

Published: July 31, 2018, 1:02 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 1 second

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How to Avoid a Supernova Sized Burnout

Published: July 24, 2018, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 59 seconds

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It’s OK to Not Know Your Passion

Published: July 16, 2018, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 7 seconds

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The Effect of Stress & Anxiety (Re-Release)

Published: July 3, 2018, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 40 seconds

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Is Work Life Balance Even Possible?

Published: June 19, 2018, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 18 seconds

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The Lie of Not Having Enough Time

Published: June 12, 2018, 3:22 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds

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How to Get Better Work from Your Creatives

Published: June 5, 2018, 4:41 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds

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When Your Personal Life Leaks Into Work

Published: May 29, 2018, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds

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Change Management for Beginners, feat. Tom DiScipio

Published: May 15, 2018, 3:33 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 33 seconds

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Mindfulness at Work, feat. Chris Duprey

Published: May 8, 2018, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 16 seconds

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The 2 Most Important Conversations Creatives Will Have

Published: April 24, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 29 seconds

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How to Have a Carefrontation (feat. Kathleen Booth)

Published: April 17, 2018, 2:14 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds

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How to Adapt When Big Changes Happen at Work

Published: April 10, 2018, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 28 seconds

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How to Get Back Up When You Fail

Published: April 3, 2018, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 48 seconds

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Making Tough Choices for Growth

Published: March 27, 2018, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 45 seconds

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Growth-Driven Design: Is It Really Better or Just a Different Kind a Pain?

Published: March 13, 2018, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep. 63: When You Should (& Shouldn't) Redesign Your Website

Published: March 6, 2018, 4:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 seconds

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Ep. 62: How to Be Great Creative Collaborators & Project Managers

Published: Feb. 27, 2018, 3:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 23 seconds

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Ep. 61: Complaining About Clients & Playing the Victim

Published: Feb. 13, 2018, 4:24 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 1 second

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Ep. 60: What Does a Designer Career Path Look Like?

Published: Feb. 6, 2018, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep. 59: Even Workplace Gladiators Need Naps

Published: Jan. 30, 2018, 8:29 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 58: Male vs. Female Leadership Expectations

Published: Jan. 23, 2018, 4:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 47 seconds

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Ep. 57: How to Handle Feedback You Don't Agree With

Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 11:09 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep. 56: The Flawed Logic Behind Common Creativity Hacks

Published: Jan. 9, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 29 seconds

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Ep. 55: Not Your Mother's New Year's Resolutions

Published: Jan. 2, 2018, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep. 54: Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

Published: Dec. 26, 2017, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 22 seconds

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Ep. 53: Holiday Survival Guide

Published: Dec. 19, 2017, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep. 52: The Romantic Myth of the Morning Routine

Published: Dec. 12, 2017, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep. 51: Are "Undermining Words" a Crime?

Published: Dec. 5, 2017, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 50: What It's Really Like to Work from Home

Published: Nov. 28, 2017, 4:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep. 49: 7 Creative Apps & Tools We're Thankful For

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep. 48: Speaking Creative to Non-Creatives

Published: Nov. 14, 2017, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 47: Process vs. Innovation

Published: Nov. 7, 2017, 4:15 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep. 46: 6 Terrifyingly Good (& Bad) Halloween Ads

Published: Oct. 31, 2017, 5:53 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 26 seconds

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Ep. 45: Why the Word "Expert" Sucks

Published: Oct. 24, 2017, 1:25 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep. 44: The Creative's Curse

Published: Oct. 17, 2017, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 31 seconds

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Ep. 43: Death by Meetings

Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 1:46 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds

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Ep. 42: 2 Exhausted Creatives Recap #INBOUND17

Published: Oct. 3, 2017, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 36 seconds

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Ep. 41: Skills All Agency Creatives Need

Published: Sept. 26, 2017, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep. 40: When Creative Projects Go Off the Rails

Published: Sept. 19, 2017, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 39: How to Thrive When Change Happens

Published: Aug. 7, 2017, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 38: Death by DIY Design

Published: April 27, 2017, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 37: Lessons from Pepsi's Ad Blunder

Published: April 21, 2017, 4:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 36: What Goes into a Visual Style Guide with Jessie-Lee Nichols

Published: April 13, 2017, 2:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 44 seconds

What Did We Talk About? 

  • Jessie-Lee's experiences working in an agency versus working in-house
  • What pains and issues can a visual brand style guide solve?
  • Why does your business need visual brand style guides?
  • Why does not having visual brand style guides suck for you and your business?
  • How can you improve brand consistency and collaboration with visual brand style guides?
  • What are the elements that go into a visual brand style guide?
  • What rules and items are necessary in a style guide, and what are nice-to-haves?
  • What tools can you use to build and share your brand style guides?

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Get in Touch and Spread the Creator’s Block Love

What did you think of this episode? Is there another topic or question you want us to take on? Or do you just want to say hi? Reach out to us on Twitter at @CreatorsBlockHQ or using the hashtag #creatorsblockparty. You can say hi to me at @shelbstheging and Liz at @naptownpint. You can also join us in the Creator's Block Podcast group on Facebook, where you can ask questions and get inspired.

And don’t forget - whether you love us or hate us - we would really appreciate you reviewing our podcast on iTunes

…until next week!

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Episode 35: How to Create a Sustainable Blogging Process for Your Business

Published: April 6, 2017, 9:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 34: Freelance Designers vs. Agency Designers with Joe Barsin

Published: March 30, 2017, 5:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 33: Why the Tone of Your Content Matters

Published: March 24, 2017, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 31: Are Robots the Enemy or the Future of Content?

Published: March 9, 2017, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 30: How to Boost Creativity and Stay Inspired

Published: March 2, 2017, 11:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 29: 5.5 Networking Tips to Work a Room Like a Boss

Published: Feb. 24, 2017, 12:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 28: Plain-Text vs. Designed HTML Emails

Published: Feb. 16, 2017, 7:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 27: Stop Apologizing in Your Content

Published: Feb. 9, 2017, 8:58 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 26: Does My Logo (and Branding) Suck or Succeed?

Published: Feb. 2, 2017, 8:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 25: Finding the Time to Blog (and the Right Topics)

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 24: The Real Cost of "Low-Rent" Logo Designers

Published: Jan. 19, 2017, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 12 seconds

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